Wallpaper author:
Marius Dinga
21 Feb 2026
NGC 5068
"NGC 5068 is a face-on field barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. NGC 5068 is located approximately 22 million light-years away and has a diameter that exceeds 45000 light-years. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 March 1785.
The galaxy is relatively low surface brightness rendering the appearance of the spiral arms somewhat diffuse. There are numerous bright active star forming regions as well as multiple H alpha regions. The bar is bright and very prominent with a number of dust lanes." (Wikipedia)
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 5068
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 199.7284 Dec -21.0391
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................31 Mar 2023 - 26 Apr 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 288 | 2h | 25 |
| Red | 300 | 2h | 24 |
| Green | 300 | 2h | 24 |
| Blue | 313 | 2h5m | 24 |